"Great tuskers," or elephants with tusks heavier than 100 pounds, are in extreme danger from poachers -- and the largest great tusker on the planet, Satao, was just murdered in June for his ivory by poachers.
Four decades ago, the first president of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, saved a famous great tusker called Ahmed by granting him official protection from poachers. He assigned the gentle giant five armed game rangers, who were tasked with guarding the elephant around the clock. The plan worked: Ahmed died peacefully of old age.
Kenyatta's own son, the current president of Kenya, should provide the elephants with the same kind of protection his father did four decades ago.
I just signed a Care2 petition asking the Kenyan president to grant official protection to the country's last great tuskers.
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0 replies"Great tuskers," or elephants with tusks heavier than 100 pounds, are in extreme danger from poachers -- and the largest great tusker on the planet, Satao, was just murdered in June for his ivory by poachers.
Four decades ago, the first president of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, saved a famous great tusker called Ahmed by granting him official protection from poachers. He assigned the gentle giant five armed game rangers, who were tasked with guarding the elephant around the clock. The plan worked: Ahmed died peacefully of old age.
Kenyatta's own son, the current president of Kenya, should provide the elephants with the same kind of protection his father did four decades ago.
I just signed a Care2 petition asking the Kenyan president to grant official protection to the country's last great tuskers.
Will you sign too? Here's a link to the petition:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/761/234/291/kenya-give-presidential-armed-protection-to-your-last-great-tusker-elephants/